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The nutrition within whole food supplements is not isolated but remains in
natural way. The nutritional ingredients are highly complex structures that
combine a variety of enzymes, coenzymes, antioxidants, trace elements,
activators, and many other unknown or undiscovered factors all working together
synergistically to enable this nutrition complex to do its job in your body.

Synthetic supplements isolate nutrition, which may make them less effective
or may even cause imbalance in the body as medicine For example, vitamin C in
synthetic supplement is ascorbic acid. But vitamin C in food is ascorbic acid
combined with enzymes, antioxidants, and many other elements Human beings are
designed to absorb nutrition in natural food form to have best effect

Whole Food Supplements vs Synthetic Vitamin/Mineral Products

When scientists first discovered vitamins they found them in whole food
sources. When these vitamins were analyzed, they were found to contain many
individual parts and are truly "vitamin complexes". When scientists,
pharmaceutical companies, etc. continued researching these vitamin complexes
they began looking for what they termed the "active ingredients". Does this
sound familiar? For example, when scientists were researching white willow bark
(used in American Indian medicine) they found "salicylic acid" to be the active
ingredient and aspirin was born. Although aspirin has an important place in
western medicine, it does have side effects unlike its natural counterpart. This
is due to the fact that it has been concentrated and separated from the other
constituent parts which balanced its action and function. The same thing
happened when researching vitamins. For example, the "active ingredient" in
Vitamin C was named Ascorbic Acid and for all intensive purposes they are looked
upon as being the same. However vitamins in their real form are groups of
chemically related compounds a.k.a. "complexes". So in the case of Vitamin C,
there is a single part identified as the organic nutrient (i.e., ascorbic acid)
but in addition there are enzymes, co-enzymes, antioxidants, trace elements,
activators, and other factors that enable the vitamin to be utilized in the
body. So taking a Vitamin C pill (nothing but the Ascorbic acid piece) does not
function in the body the same way that Vitamin C in a food source does. The same
is true for Vitamin A which came to be known as Beta Carotene; Vitamin E as
d-Alpha Tocopherol; Vitamin B's as Niacin, Thiamine, Riboflavin, etc. Synthetic
vitamins are man-made and chemically based. As a result, they are difficult for
the body to properly absorb and use. The ingredients in almost all
vitamin/mineral products made today are isolated pharmaceutical chemicals and
minerals. Conversely, whole food supplements are made from concentrated organic,
whole foods. They are fruits and vegetables grown in mineral-rich soils, without
chemicals, pesticides, preservatives or additives of any kind. Synthetic
multivitamins use vitamin isolates. Vitamin isolates are also known as isolated
vitamins or fractionalized vitamins. You'll see an assortment of vitamins and
minerals (Vitamin A, Vitamin B, Vitamin C, Vitamin E, etc.) But, what you don't
see are any food, herbal or organic ingredients. Because synthetic vitamins
contain partial vitamins and other chemicals, they are considered "vitamin
isolates". When you use these vitamins, the body is only receiving isolated or
fractionated pieces of the whole, which may not properly utilized. It is easy to
tell if a supplement is synthetic by looking at the label. Don't just take our
word for it. Check the label of any Standard Process whole food supplements. You
will see that ingredients come from whole foods. Whole food supplements contain
the entire complex of vitamins and minerals as well as all the micro-nutrients
and synergistic factors found in nature. They are complex structures that
combine a variety of enzymes, coenzymes, antioxidants, trace elements,
activators and many other yet unknown or undiscovered factors, which all work
together to enable each vitamin complex to do its job in your body. This is how
you get the protection and nutritional fortification your body needs.
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The Truth Behind Whole-Food Supplements

Everyone agrees raw honey is better for you than white sugar or that brown
rice is better for you than white rice. Why should it be any different for
vitamins? Often, I have been puzzled by the average naturopath or nutritionist
who goes on and on about the value of whole foods and how refined foods—having
been robbed of all the extra nutrients they naturally come with—are not healthy
for you. Then, they go on to prescribe a shopping bag full of isolated, refined
vitamins for you to take! --Just like refined foods, these refined vitamins have
been robbed of all of the extra accessory nutrients that they naturally come
with as well. In turn, like refined foods, they can create numerous problems and
imbalances in your body if taken at high levels for long periods of time. They
can also act more like drugs in your body, forcing themselves down one pathway
or another. At the very least, they wonft help you as much as high quality food
and food-based supplements. --Whole food supplements are what their name
suggests: supplements made from concentrated whole foods. The vitamins found
within these supplements are not isolated. They are highly complex structures
that combine a variety of enzymes, coenzymes, antioxidants, trace elements,
activators, and many other unknown or undiscovered factors all working together
synergistically to enable this vitamin complex to do its job in your
body.Nutrients from within this complex cannot be taken apart or isolated from
the whole and then be expected to do the same job in the body as the whole
complex is designed to do.The perfect example of this difference can be seen in
an automobile. An automobile is a wonderfully designed complex machine that
needs all of its parts to be present and in place to function properly. Wheels
are certainly an important part of the whole, but you could never isolate them
from the rest of the car, call them a car, or expect them to function like a
car. They need the engine, body, and everything else.The same analogy applies to
the vitamin C (ascorbic acid) or vitamin E (delta tocopherol) that you find on
most health food store shelves. They are parts of an entire complex that serve a
purpose when part of the whole. However, they cannot do the job of the entire
complex by themselves. With similar logic in place, one can analyze what a
typical multivitamin truly is. The automobile equivalent of creating a
multivitamin would be going to a junk yard, finding all of the separate parts
you would need to make up an entire automobile, throwing them together in a heap
(or capsule in terms of the multivitamin), and expecting that heap to drive like
a car! Obviously, there is a difference. Science cannot create life. Only life
can create life. Isolated nutrients or synthetic nutrients are not natural in
that they are never found by themselves in nature. Taking these isolated
nutrients, especially at the ultra-high doses found in formulas today, is more
like taking a drug. Studies show the body treats these isolated and synthetic
nutrients like xenobiotics (foreign substances). By the same token, food-based
supplements are never treated like this by your body. For example, your urine
will never turn florescent yellow, no matter how much meat (a good source of B
vitamins) you eat. This sort of rapid excretion happens only with foreign
substances in your body. Not only are isolated nutrients treated like drugs or
other chemicals by your body, but they can, like drugs, create problems for you.
Nature does not produce any nutrient in an isolated form. The nutrients in foods
are blended together in a specific way and work best in that format. For an
isolated nutrient to work properly in the body, it needs all the other parts
that are naturally present in the food, too.If the parts are not all there from
the start, they are taken from the bodyfs stored supply. This is why isolated
nutrients often work for a little while, then seem to stop working. Once your
bodyfs store of the extra nutrients is used up, the isolated nutrient youfre
taking doesnft work as well anymore. Worse yet, a deficiency in these extra
nutrients can be created in your body. Additionally, because most nutrients are
isolated from the foods they come in, a wide array of potentially nasty solvents
and other chemicals are added. Taking high amounts of these products can expose
you to these potentially toxic chemicals if care is not taken to remove them.
With the burden we are already facing from the high number of chemicals in our
environment, why would anyone want to add more? The various parts of a natural
vitamin complex work together in a synergistic manner. Synergy means that the
whole is greater than the sum of its parts. Nutritionist Judith DeCava puts it
best: gSeparating the group of compounds (in a vitamin complex) converts it from
a physiological, biochemical, active micronutrient into a disabled, debilitated
chemical of little or no value to living cells. The synergy is gone.h In other
words, the automobile, in its original form, will drive better than a pile of
its individual parts. Most people donft follow this logic when examining a
nutritional supplement. Supplement makers typically try to stuff as much as
possible in a capsule, telling us that the more we take, the better it is for
us. This is simply not the case. As you now know, it is not necessarily the
amount of a nutrient you ingest that is important, but its form and how much is
bioavailable that counts the most. In fact, remembering that ingesting single
nutrients can actually create imbalances in the body, logic would dictate the
higher the level of a single nutrient that you take in, the quicker this
imbalance will occur. --What all of this means: The potency of a supplement has
much more to do with synergy than with actual nutrient levels. It is a combined
effect of all the parts of the food, rather than the chemical effect of a single
part, that is most important. Donft Forget the Basics ---I fear all of this talk
of supplements—food-based, isolated, or synthetic—has detracted from the most
important part of health and healing. The basics of proper diet, exercise,
detoxification, structure, and mental/emotional and spiritual health must all be
in order for true healing to occur. No supplement will work on its own if these
foundations are not in place. However, even when these foundations are in place,
or if the situation is acute enough to necessitate a more immediate treatment
response, supplement support may still be needed for a while. You may also want
to take one or more food-based supplements to ensure you are getting an adequate
array of nutrients in your diet. When these situations arise, I strongly
recommend food-based supplements be your first choice.
Utah Wellness Institute http://www.utahwellnessinstitute.com/2012/04/09/real-or-synthetic-the-truth-behind-whole-food-supplements/

Whole Food vs. Synthetic Supplements

Ifve already discussed the importance of taking natural supplements to
support your body and immune system. But which supplements do you take, and how
do you know which supplements are the best ones? Americans spend billions of
dollars every year on supplements, and itfs very important to understand that
not all supplements are created equal. Sometimes, there are vast differences
between products. So letfs talk about the difference between whole food
supplements and synthetic supplements – a.k.a. isolated orfractionated
supplements. A great example would be just to simply look at almost any
multivitamin. When you scan the nutritional content fact and ingredient label,
youfll see quite an assortment of vitamins (Vitamin A, Vitamin C, Vitamin E,
etc.). Here is a portion of a label for a common multivitamin:

There are a lot more vitamins listed on this label than I had room for, but I
think you get the idea. Look at the items listed under gIngredients.h Those are
what we call gIsolatedh vitamins and other chemicals. There are no foods or
herbal ingredients listed, only partial vitamins and other chemicals. Nature
intended for us to consume food in its WHOLE form because all the vitamins,
minerals, antioxidants and enzymes are bound together in one package and work
synergistically to deliver the nutrition your body needs.
Synthetic supplements give you isolated or fractionated pieces of the whole. It
is simply not the same – youfre not getting the full benefit nature intended.
The other problem is, by taking isolated vitamins, sometimes we are getting
massive doses of some vitamins, but not enough of others. This imbalance this
can cause health problems too. Arenft we trying to get healthier – rather than
cause more problems?
Whole-Food based supplements are different, as those will, typically, list the
foods the supplement was made from. What follows is a partial example of what to
look for when searching for a Whole-Food based product. Notice that under the
supplemental facts, you still see all the vitamins listed, but therefs a huge
difference in the ingredients.

What a difference this second product will make in your body vs. the first
product! Youfll actually be gaining benefits from the WHOLE food and all of the
vitamins, minerals, antioxidants and enzymes that occur naturally in the food or
plant. Another way that might make sense is to look at the source. When gVitamin
Ch is listed on a multivitamin label, look for any natural sources, like citrus
fruits, papaya or bell peppers. If you see a listing for gAscorbic Acid,h that
means it is an gIsolatedh product, so you must keep searching for ones that list
whole foods. In summary, be sure you read your labels! It is important to
educate yourself about what youfll be putting into your body and supplements are
no different than anything else. Itfs important to read food labels so you know
what youfre eating. But itfs just as important, if not moreso, to be sure youfre
reading all of your supplement labels too! You want to be consuming supplements
that have actual whole foods, plants or herbs listed on the label. That way you
know it is as close to natural as possible! And lastly, understand that no
supplement alone will help you achieve the level of health you desire. You will
have to make lifestyle and behavior changes as well as taking supplements to
achieve ultimate health.
Melissa Wood, ND http://stayhealthyandwell.com/whole-food-vs-synthetic-supplements/